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From: Noah Talerman <47070608+noahtalerman@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:37:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update usage description for `fleetctl apply` (#38131)
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- To mirror the docs:
https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/blob/main/docs/Contributing/guides/cli/fleetctl-apply.md

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- Context: https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/38130
---
 cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/apply.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/apply.go b/cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/apply.go
index 6c3016ad72..29b69a58cb 100644
--- a/cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/apply.go
+++ b/cmd/fleetctl/fleetctl/apply.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func applyCommand() *cli.Command {
 	)
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:      "apply",
-		Usage:     "Apply files to declaratively manage osquery configurations",
+		Usage:     "Use for one-off imports and backwards compatibility GitOps",
 		UsageText: `fleetctl apply [options]`,
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.StringFlag{